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Szkieve Ékranoplanes Ant-Zen [2005] 3" CD (MINI CD) |
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NOW AVAILABLE FROM ANT-ZEN (www.ant-zen.com)... ...and from all online stores and any other store that will usually carry similar items. This limited edition mini CD comes in two different mini-digipaks. Click here to see what they look like. |
01 Le songe de r.e.a.
02 Les plans du bureau
03 Le S.M. 2P
04 Le K.M.
05 L'orlyonok
06 Le lun
07 Le spasatel
PRESS RELEASE
szkieve (pronounced s-kee-vh, a misspelled equivalent for the word "skew" in the brussels' dialect) is dimitri della faille who founded the project in 1998. he was born and raised belgian and is currently living in montréal / canada. dimitri is currently working on his phd thesis in political sociology and during his graduate studies he visited several universities in argentina, belgium, canada and the united states (as a student or a scholar). besides several szkieve releases, dimitri has also collaborated with martiens go home and vromb, made a split-vinyl with ammo and performed live in europe and in north and south america.
szkieve's music is made of intense and complex compositions that assemble rich textures and expansive sounds. this is then combined with chords, string melodies and high-pitched synthetic tones. szkieve's sound explorations could be described as 'scientific', comparable to the works of modern electronic composers. but instead of 'dry, academic experiments', szkieve transforms moods into music and the result is quite unusual for this genre.
'ékranoplanes' is a concept work:
because they require huge amount of resources and money, science and technologies have always been at the mercy of politics. this mini cd is a study of a lost technology of the former soviet union. that is, the futuristic vision of one man confronted by the needs of a country engaged in a battle for the world. ékranoplanes are the platypus of transportation, they are both planes and boats or something entirely else. these incredible monsters of steel and oil broke the waves of the caspian sea while intelligence around the world were still trying to figure out what they were. made of tons of rivets, motors and grey matter - those having the chance to spot such a special animal never forgot the sound of its metal bouncing on water or its wings cutting the air. with this release, szkieve renders the grandeur of this forgotten technology and pays a tribute to the developments of modern science.
packaging: 3"cd-digipak
szkieve discography:
ékranoplanes. 3" cd. ant-zen act173. 2005
le pavillon des oiseaux / le monorail. (collaboration w/vromb). 7". hushush hsh15. 2003
des rhythmes de passage. cd. hushush hsh11. 2003
une occasion de chute (collaboration w/martiens go home!). cd. hushush hsh10. 2002
perturbacée / terra amata (split w/ ammo). 12". ad noiseam adn14. 2002
des germes de quelque chose. cd. hushush hsh02. 2000
palimspeste. full-length mp3 release. www.szkieve.org. 1999
ARTIST'S NOTES
"Ékranoplanes" presents, in a rather short format (just over 22 minutes), a conceptual work. Ever since I first heard about the existence of Ékranoplanes I thought I had to incorporate them into my musical production. An ekranoplane (Экраноплан) is neither a boat nor a plane. It's a huge flying boat that elevate itself from water just enough to make sure water is not acting against its movements but it will not fly because it would require a larger amount of combustible. The project has been used by the Soviet government to test the possibility of moving men and stocks along the coastline in a cost effective way. Alike the Zeppelin, its revolutionary conception is still intriguing developers but to a much smaller scale than they were when their respective governments openly supported them.
Since I rarely, if at all, make any reference in my music, doing a release about the ekranoplanes had been a difficult challenge. Because my music rarely uses references other than from the music world itself it can therefore be considered as abstract. But with this release, even if one cannot hear an ekranoplanes, their presence is never far. Musically speaking, I would say "Ékranoplanes" is closer to "Des rythmes de passage" than any other of my releases.
The work S.Alt did on the packing totally enhance this release. This amazing mini-CD digipak is a quite new conception. Mini-CD had rarely been released with such a packaging. On the top of that, this CD is available in two different versions. Once uses more common ink and the other a copper metallic ink. The two versions look quite different and a quick sight might even take them for two different discs!